Top Stories

• Florida Record featured Stetson Law’s Veterans Law Institute and Veterans Advocacy Clinic, and quoted Law Dean D. Benjamin Barros in the July 17 story, “Stetson Law Receives Significant State Funding for Veterans Legal Services.” The article also quoted Stacey-Rae Simcox, JD, Stetson Law professor and director of the Veterans Law Institute and Veterans Advocacy Clinic.

The story also reported the state grant awarded for Stetson’s Hulley Tower restoration, and quoted Stetson President Christopher F. Roellke, PhD: “We are incredibly grateful for this support from the Florida Legislature and Governor DeSantis. This funding will allow us to restore a treasured historic landmark in DeLand and provide our veterans with pro bono legal services from our College of Law.”

• The Jacksonville Business Journal featured Stetson’s Hulley Tower restoration project in the July 11 story, “Stetson University scores state funds to restore historic tower.”

• The Elizabethton Star, Middlesboro News and more than 90 other media outlets featured Stetson in the July 16 story, “Stetson University Receives Historic Preservation Grant to Help Reconstruct Hulley Tower.”

• Organikos quoted Kirsten Work, PhD, professor of Biology, in the July 11 story, “Groundwater Springs & Habitat.”

• Nursing Process featured Stetson in the July 16 story, “24 Best MHA/MBA Dual Degree Programs For 2024.”

• The West Volusia Beacon profiled Ann-Marie Willacker, coordinator of Community Impact with Stetson’s Center for Community Engagement, in the July 11 story, “Local athlete competes, sits at highest level.”

“Society has ingrained in us that being disabled is a bad thing; a thing to be avoided,” Willacker said. “People look at you with a sense of pity for the ‘poor disabled person stuck in a chair, unable to move around freely.’ The reality is, my wheelchair is freedom! Freedom to go out in the world, freedom to build social connections, freedom to be a productive member of my community.”

• Fortune, Yahoo! Finance, The Fifth Skill News, Health Reporter and other media outlets cited Christopher Ferguson, PhD, professor of Psychology, in the July 14 story, “Did social media really fuel the youth mental health crisis? ‘The Anxious Generation’ researcher calls the correlation ‘irrefutable.’ ”

• Television station WOGX – Fox 51 interviewed Kelly Smith, PhD, assistant professor of Political Science, for the July 16 broadcast segment, “Headlines From the RNC: Trump Picks Running Mate.”

“I think he chose J.D. Vance because of his connection to the Midwestern states,” Smith said. “Those states are going to be really important for President Trump to be able to win the election, and I think he’s hoping that his vice presidential candidate will be able to drum up some support and get Republican voters out for him there.”

• Central Florida Public Media, WFSU Public Media, WFIT, WLRN Radio and other media outlets quoted Rajni Shankar-Brown, PhD, professor and Jessie Ball duPont Endowed Chair of Social Justice Education, in the July 17 radio broadcast and online story, “Florida doesn’t have enough substitute teachers.”

• C-Span 2 featured Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, professor of Law, in the July 16 broadcast, “Debate on Citizens United Supreme Court Decision.”

• International Bar Association quoted Luz Nagle, JD, recently retired professor of Law emeritus, in the July 16 story, “Migration: Panama vows to close Darién Gap amid regional crisis.”

• Florida Bar News featured Stetson Law in the July 18 story, “Stetson Law wins YLD’s Robert Orseck Memorial Moot Court Competition.” The story cited Law student team members Elizabeth Campbell, Mariana Monforte and Benjamin Russell.

Other Stories

• The Parkersburg News and Sentinel quoted Law student Lainey Armistead in the July 12 story, “Making a Play: Morrisey asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear transgender student-athlete ban case.” The Intelligencer/West Virginia News-Register quoted Armistead in the July 12 story, “West Virginia Appeals Ruling on Transgender Athlete Ban to Supreme Court.” The Weirton Daily Times and the Inter-Mountain also reported the story.

• Historical Marker Database cited Stetson in the July 14 post, “Betsy Ross Airfield for Women.”

• Las Vegas Business Press featured former Stetson Law professor Terry Pollman in a July 16 story about the Terry Pollman Professor of Law position at UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law.

• Hometown News cited Stetson in the July 17 story, “Volusia County Council approves off-beach parking fees for non-residents.” Spectrum News 13 also reported the story.

• The Daytona Beach News-Journal cited Stetson in the July 18 story, “Ready for the weekend? Check out these fun things to do in Volusia, Flagler.”

Alumni

• C-Span 2 featured U.S. District Court Judge Robert Dow delivering a profile of Double Hatter Viviana Vasiu, a U.S. Supreme Court fellow, as a prelude to the July 15 broadcast, “Interview with Justice Kagan” (Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan).

• WIBW-TV Online and KYTV-TV Online featured alumna Jamie Miller in the July 11 story, “City of Manhattan announces its four City Manager finalists.” The Mercury featured Miller in the July 12 story, “Two K-State grads among finalists for Manhattan city manager job.”

• The West Volusia Beacon featured alumnus Harper Hill in the July 11 story, “In the running for DeLand City Commission Seat 2; A conversation with the candidates.”

• New Castle News cited Law alumnus Jim Eppinger in the July 12 story, “Aberration returns to perform tomorrow.”

• Reading Nook featured alumna A.C. Haydée in the July 15 post, “Book Blitz: ‘Eve & The City of Yule’ by A.C. Haydée.”

• Alabama Now, Tidewater Now and more than 110 other media outlets profiled Law alumnus K. Scott Van Meter in the July 15 story, “HKA welcomes three experts to enhance Forensic Accounting and Commercial Damages practice.”

• CityBiz profiled Law alumnus Woodrow “Woody” H. Pollack in the July 16 story, “Shutts & Bowen Appoints Joseph Bain and Woodrow Pollack Co-Chairs of Intellectual Property Practice Group.”

• The Tampa Bay Times profiled three Law alumni in the July 17 story, “Times Editorial Board recommendations for Pinellas-Pasco circuit court judge”: Nicole Pearlman, Nick Fiorentino and Cornelius Christopher Demps.

• The Tampa Bay Times profiled Law alumna Christine Edwards in the July 17 story, “Hillsborough county court judges. Times Editorial Board recommendations.”

• Products That Count featured alumnus Rick Whitted in the July 17 podcast and online story, “U.S. Hunger CEO on Innovative Models for Food Security and Health Equity.”

• The West Volusia Beacon profiled alumnus Harper Hill in the July 17 story, “Election 2024: Meet the Candidates – DeLand City Commission, Seat 2.”

• Landscape Management profiled Double Hatter Stephanie Suggs in the July 17 story, “LMC names new CFO.”

• The Tampa Bay Times profiled Law alumna Lisa McLean in the July 18 story, “Who should replace longtime Hillsborough Public Defender Julianne Holt? We have an answer.”

• The Tampa Bay Times featured Law alumna Elizabeth Martinez Strauss in the July 18 story, “For Democrats, Andrew Warren for Hillsborough state attorney.”